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The Week That Was - 22 October 2021

Published on 22 October 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was - 8th October 2021

Published on 08 October 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was - 1 October 2021

Published on 01 October 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was - 24 September 2021

Published on 24 September 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was - 17 September 2021

Published on 17 September 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was - 10 September 2021

Published on 10 September 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was – 3 September 2021

Published on 03 September 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was - 27 August 2021

Published on 27 August 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was – 20 August 2021

Published on 20 August 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was – 13 August 2021

Published on 13 August 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was – 6 August 2021

Published on 06 August 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate

Pursuant to a building contract novated to Toppan, Simply was engaged to construct a care home and subsequently provided a collateral warranty in favour or the operator, Abbey. Defects were found at the care home and Abbey obtained an adjudicator's decision against Simply for damages for loss of trading profit.

The Week That Was - 30 July 2021

Published on 30 July 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Helen Thomas, Senior Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was - 23 July 2021

Published on 23 July 2021. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Helen Thomas, Senior Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was - 27th November 2020

Published on 27 November 2020. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Helen Thomas, Senior Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was - 13 November 2020

Published on 13 November 2020. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Helen Thomas, Senior Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was - 6th November 2020

Published on 06 November 2020. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Helen Thomas, Senior Associate

The week that was - 30th October 2020

Published on 30 October 2020. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Helen Thomas, Senior Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The Week That Was - 23rd October 2020

Published on 23 October 2020. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Helen Thomas, Senior Associate

Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.

The risks of peer to peer lending

Published on 09 January 2020. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Katharine Cusack, Partner

Insurers are on the watch for a potential increase in claims arising in 2020 from peer to peer lending.

Disciplinary investigations against architects #1 - the process

Published on 19 December 2019. By Ben Goodier, Partner and Sarah O'Callaghan, Associate and Emma Wherry, Senior Associate

In this series of articles, we explain the procedure for disciplinary investigations against architects. This article gives an overview of the process. The remaining articles will examine each stage of the process and highlight the dos and don'ts for architects unfortunate enough to be the subject of investigations. In essence, there are 4 stages.

Exemption clauses have teeth ‒ negotiate contracts carefully

Published on 02 June 2017. By Ben Goodier, Partner

The Court of Appeal has recently provided guidance on the application of the contra preferentum rule.

Brokers' Duties – Business Interruption

Published on 23 September 2014. By Ben Goodier, Partner

Whilst not exactly a reason for brokers to jump for joy, the recent case of Eurokey Recycling Limited v Giles Insurance Brokers Limited has at least reversed the trend of brokers' duties becoming more onerous with each reported case.